McDonnell Distinguished Lecture Series

McDonnell Distinguished Lecture Series

The McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, established in 1975 through a gift from aerospace pioneer James S. McDonnell, is a consortium of Washington University faculty, research staff and students, primarily from earth and planetary sciences and physics, both in Arts & Sciences. They are working on the cutting edge of space science research.

Outreach

The Hedgehog and the Fox - A Nelson Mandela Perspective on Global Warming

Professor George Philander points out that global warming is polarizing because it involves both the world of science where the laws of nature are absolute and apply without exception and the world of human affairs where compassion is a virtue and compromise, a requisite.